I feel like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, & by many of the comments here, I don’t think I am alone.
In the movie, Toto jumps from Dorothy’s arms & when she bends down to pick him up she sees that behind the ‘pomp & circumstance’ is not who she, or her 3 companions have been led to believe he was - OR for that matter,… - any of the Wizard’s…
I feel like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, & by many of the comments here, I don’t think I am alone.
In the movie, Toto jumps from Dorothy’s arms & when she bends down to pick him up she sees that behind the ‘pomp & circumstance’ is not who she, or her 3 companions have been led to believe he was - OR for that matter,… - any of the Wizard’s inner circle, or any of the kingdom’s citizens.
Movie or book, in the end, the Wizard was discovered & “came clean.”
Below is a quote from the final chapter of the book, “The Wizard of Oz,” by Frank Baum.
“You must keep your promises to us!" exclaimed Dorothy.
The Lion thought it might be as well to frighten the Wizard, so he gave a large, loud roar, which was so fierce and dreadful that Toto jumped away from him in alarm and tipped over the screen that stood in a corner. As it fell with a crash, they looked that way, and the next moment all of them were filled with wonder. For they saw, standing in just the spot the screen had hidden, a little old man, with a bald head and a wrinkled face, who seemed to be as much surprised as they were. The Tin Woodman, raising his axe, rushed toward the little man, and cried out, "Who are you?"
"I am Oz, the Great and Terrible," said the little man, in a trembling voice. "But don't strike me--please don't--and I'll do anything you want me to."
Steve Jobs was said to be a wizard at distorting reality, as was my late father. My Dad was a brilliant man who eventually succumbed, at President Biden’s age, to the collective ravages of Parkinson’s. He was cognizant & theorized quite nearly to the end.
In his cognizance, he laid down the pride & called me, asking me fly in & bring my mother, siblings & his inner circle into reality.
It was tremendously difficult for all of us, but it was my own father who called & made the request of me to bring *all* into truth. While not a President, he was very esteemed. He knew that he would never be the great theoretical nuclear physicist, award winning engineer, author , inventor, etc.... again. But he knew it was time.
When my husband & I made the trip, it indeed felt as if I’d stepped back in time. My father and mother were married for 60+ years. Family denial is common & part of the grief cycle, but my mother was able to accept the reality that my father knew to be true. Had my father not been able to accept that reality, merely her love for my father would not have brought us all to that same truth with the dignity he deserved. That is what “family” is. “Family” is obviously lacking with the President. It was painful to watch Friday’s interview, which did nothing but confirm what we saw during the debate.
Gaslighting on this level is evil. My heart breaks for all of us in this country whose trust has been betrayed.
All those complicit in making sure that the “curtain of Oz” remained shut are criminally negligent, but it is the continued stripping of our President’s dignity, that he & every human should be afforded.
I feel like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, & by many of the comments here, I don’t think I am alone.
In the movie, Toto jumps from Dorothy’s arms & when she bends down to pick him up she sees that behind the ‘pomp & circumstance’ is not who she, or her 3 companions have been led to believe he was - OR for that matter,… - any of the Wizard’s inner circle, or any of the kingdom’s citizens.
Movie or book, in the end, the Wizard was discovered & “came clean.”
Below is a quote from the final chapter of the book, “The Wizard of Oz,” by Frank Baum.
“You must keep your promises to us!" exclaimed Dorothy.
The Lion thought it might be as well to frighten the Wizard, so he gave a large, loud roar, which was so fierce and dreadful that Toto jumped away from him in alarm and tipped over the screen that stood in a corner. As it fell with a crash, they looked that way, and the next moment all of them were filled with wonder. For they saw, standing in just the spot the screen had hidden, a little old man, with a bald head and a wrinkled face, who seemed to be as much surprised as they were. The Tin Woodman, raising his axe, rushed toward the little man, and cried out, "Who are you?"
"I am Oz, the Great and Terrible," said the little man, in a trembling voice. "But don't strike me--please don't--and I'll do anything you want me to."
Steve Jobs was said to be a wizard at distorting reality, as was my late father. My Dad was a brilliant man who eventually succumbed, at President Biden’s age, to the collective ravages of Parkinson’s. He was cognizant & theorized quite nearly to the end.
In his cognizance, he laid down the pride & called me, asking me fly in & bring my mother, siblings & his inner circle into reality.
It was tremendously difficult for all of us, but it was my own father who called & made the request of me to bring *all* into truth. While not a President, he was very esteemed. He knew that he would never be the great theoretical nuclear physicist, award winning engineer, author , inventor, etc.... again. But he knew it was time.
When my husband & I made the trip, it indeed felt as if I’d stepped back in time. My father and mother were married for 60+ years. Family denial is common & part of the grief cycle, but my mother was able to accept the reality that my father knew to be true. Had my father not been able to accept that reality, merely her love for my father would not have brought us all to that same truth with the dignity he deserved. That is what “family” is. “Family” is obviously lacking with the President. It was painful to watch Friday’s interview, which did nothing but confirm what we saw during the debate.
Gaslighting on this level is evil. My heart breaks for all of us in this country whose trust has been betrayed.
All those complicit in making sure that the “curtain of Oz” remained shut are criminally negligent, but it is the continued stripping of our President’s dignity, that he & every human should be afforded.
May God have mercy on our country. Our world.
Src: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rgs/oz-15.html